DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,122

ALLIED TUBE & CONDUIT CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ATKORE INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
ATKORE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RANDSTAD, MANPOWER, AND US SECURITY
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 11, 2015 by the United Steel Workers, Local
404, on behalf of workers of Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation,
a subsidiary of Atkore International Group, Inc., Atkore
International, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Allied Tube &
Conduit Corporation). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of steel conduit, sprinkler pipe,
mechanical tubing and fence framework. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Randstad, Manpower, and US
Security.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the U.S. International Trade
Commission, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and publically
available sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of steel conduit, sprinkler pipe, mechanical
tubing and fence framework by Allied Tube & Conduit
Corporation have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the steel conduit,
sprinkler pipe, mechanical tubing and fence framework produced
by Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation have increased during the
twelve month period prior to the petition date.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allied Tube & Conduit
Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of steel conduit, sprinkler
pipe, mechanical tubing and fence framework, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:





"All workers of Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation, a
subsidiary of Atkore International Group, Inc., Atkore
International, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Randstad, Manpower, and US Security, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 1, 2014, through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of March 2016.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance